Scaling Up Patient-Centered Interdisciplinary Care for Multimorbidity: A Pragmatic Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To measure the effectiveness of a 4-month interdisciplinary multifaceted intervention based on a change in care delivery for patients with multimorbidity in primary care practices.

Methods

A pragmatic randomized controlled trial with a mixed-methods design in patients aged 18 to 80 years with 3 or more chronic conditions from 7 family medicine groups (FMGs) in Quebec, Canada. Health care professionals (nurses, nutritionists, kinesiologists) from the FMGs were trained to deliver the patient-centered intervention based on a motivational approach and self-management support. Primary outcomes: self-management (Health Education Impact Questionnaire); and self-efficacy.

Secondary outcomes

health status, quality of life, and health behaviors. Quantitative analyses us

SUBMITTER: Fortin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7939717 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature